UN report finds discrimination against women in land and housing programmes
The government must address the corruption surrounding the management of undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and refugees by home affairs officials, the police and the defence force
The ‘stop the ships’ law shows how countries like Britain can evade their international responsibility to host refugees by shipping them off to Africa in exchange for ‘development deals’
The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society
The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
Not only has South Africa signed various international conventions, its own Constitution gives children this right
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
More than 11-million people were forced to flee their countries in 2020
Services provided by the City of Cape Town and the government are gradually drying up
The home affairs department’s end game might just be the beginning. A hardcore few are still in one camp and about 600 remain in the second shelter
Many people at the Wingfield site have left to settle locally or be repatriated, but about 360 still insist they want to be resettled in a third country
Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
A girl’s experience tells the story of xenophobia and how it robbed her of a sense of belonging
Former Khayelitsha resident Bulelani Mfaco is leading a campaign for the protection of refugee rights in that country
Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages
The City of Cape Town has said in a statement that it is working around the clock to keep vulnerable people safe
Why South Africa should consider amnesty for undocumented migrants in the time of the coronavirus outbreak.
Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis
A new government is getting ‘tough’ on immigration – but local organisations provide crucial support
A staff shortage means asylum seekers are unable to make appointments to apply for refugee status
Thailand initially said it would deport her at the request of Saudi embassy officials, barring her from travelling on to Australia
Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun, fleeing alleged abuse by her conservative family, says she tried to reach Australia on a tourist visa
Prejudiced officials in the department and transgender people’s IDs will be tackled
Twenty-three hundred children have been forcibly taken from their parents since the implementation of this zero tolerance policy two months ago
The concept of white South Africans seeking refuge from racial “brutality” and “genocide” post-1994 is nothing new.
Several hundred refugees have slept on towels and blankets in the park near Como’s train station since the Swiss clampdown began in mid-July.
A recent report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees claims that there are more than a million asylum seekers in SA.
Often sidelined outsiders can now use their cellphones to establish their rights, get answers about general issues and lodge complaints.
Failed asylum seekers get no chance to appeal and risk ‘freezing to death’ if they’re deported to Russia